Pacific hindcast performance of three numerical wave models

Journal of Atmospheric and Oceanic Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 8, 2009, Pages 1614-1633

  Hanson, Jeffrey L ^a   Tracy, Barbara A ^b   Tolman, Hendrik L ^c   Scott, R Douglas ^d  

^a U S ARMY ENGINEER RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT CENTER   (United States)

^b WATERWAYS EXPERIMENT STATION   (United States)

^c NOAA EARTH SYSTEM RESEARCH LABORATORY   (United States)

^d WF Baird & Associates Coastal Engineers   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BASIN-SCALE WAVES; BUOY OBSERVATIONS; DIRECTIONAL WAVE SPECTRUM; GROUND TRUTH; HINDCASTS; IMAGE PROCESSING TOOLS; MODEL INPUTS; MODEL PERFORMANCE; NEW APPROACHES; NUMERICAL WAVE MODELS; PERFORMANCE ANALYSIS; PERFORMANCE INDICATORS; PRODUCTION RUN; SOURCE TERMS; SPECTRAL CONTENT; SPECTRAL VALUE; STATISTICAL ANALYSIS; SWELL WAVES; TEMPORAL CORRELATIONS; U.S. ARMY; WAVE COMPONENTS; WAVE INFORMATION; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRA;

BENCHMARKING; IMAGE PROCESSING; THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;

MATHEMATICAL MODELS;

CLIMATE PREDICTION; CORRELATION; HINDCASTING; IMAGE PROCESSING; METEOROLOGY; NUMERICAL MODEL; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; WAVE MODELING; WAVE SPECTRUM; WEATHER FORECASTING;

PACIFIC OCEAN;

EID: 73349113191     PISSN: 07390572     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1175/2009JTECHO650.1     Document Type: Article

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